Viewers in the u. S. And Around The World. Im Amara Walker in atlanta, Jim Sciutto is in Tel Aviv as we continue they will follow Breaking News out of The Middle East. And fears are continuing to grow that the exchange of fire across the border between Israel And Lebanon could turn into a Ground Incursion and potentially an even wider regional war thats right. It would be quite a step. Us officials say that israeli troops have mobilized at israels northern border in preparation, at least for a possible Ground Offensive inside Lebanon Israel says, however, the crossing the border is only one option. It is considering we need to understand theres a huge amount of different tools that we have in our Toolbox Ground operations is one of them. We are preparing for that if it is required, if were we receive the instructions well, it would be quite a significant tool. The idf has not let up its Air Offensive inside lebanon. Lebanese officials say four people were killed in an israeli airstrike
More than 25 million confirmed cases of covid19 and more than 430,000 deaths across this country. Accounting for 25 of of the confirmed cases and 20 of deaths worldwide. While cases hospitalizations and deaths at have slightly decrd in the last few weeks, the numbers continued to be staggering. Now there is great concern of varied and more transmissible strains of the virus may become dominant over the coming weeks leading to a further worsening of the pandemic. Todays report comes as president Bidens Administration launches an aggressive effort to combat the pandemic and Congress Considers additional aid to bolster the Public Health response and jumpstart the economy. The future of Health Care Initiative released its first report of bipartisan prescription for Americas Health care in february 2020 Offering Practical Solutions designed to make healthcare coverage more affordable without adding a growing Systemwide Health expenditures. Todays report was led by a Bipartisan Group of heal
Centers event on the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic. I serve as the chief medical advisor. Today the Bipartisan Policy Centers future is releasing a new report. You can find this report at bipartisanpolicy. Org. That is bipartisanpolicy. Org. Since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago, there has been more than 25 million confirmed cases of covid19 and more than 430 cases deaths across the country, accounting for 25 of deaths worldwide. While cases, hospitalizations and deaths have slightly decreased, the numbers continue to be staggering and there is great concern variants, more transmissible strains of the virus, may become dominant over the coming weeks leading to a further worsening of the pandemic. Todays report comes as president Bidens Administration launches an effort to combat the pandemic in Congress Considers additional aid to bolster the response and jumpstart the economy. The initiative released its first report, bipartisan subscription for health care in
This as the United States is seen a rise in the number of covid cases. Joining in the 8 a. M. Hour this morning all be speaking with health an human secretaries alex azar and markets this morning look like a mixed story attack a look after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would not extend most of the emergency legending programs that run in tandem with Federal Reserve dow industrials down 55 and nasdaq up 14 but the s p 500 lower by 4 points. Markets yesterday shrugging off lockdown to finish in the green when all said and done dow industrials up 45 points and nasdaq up 103 and the s p higher by 14 at 4 00 on wall street yesterday. To the president for trade and Manufacturing Policy peter joining me to talk all they thinks economy and china coming up. And then do nothing for nothing. How you can score a get away to hawaii for free. The morning buzz coming up mornings with maria is live right now. All right here we go european markets take look inching higher european indices h
And we lead the program with the latest development in the treatment of copa 19 in the u. S. Food and Drug Administration on monday authorized emergency use of eli lillys experiment mental antibody treatment. Thats balm let me be mocked the f. D. A. Said the emergency use authorization was given based on Clinical Trials showing the drug reduced the need for hospitalization or emergency room visits and high risk tobit 1000 patients now the regulator added that it can be used now for treating patients over the age of 12 with mild to moderate symptoms but cannot be used for patients who have been hospitalized due to cope at 19 lilly is hoping to supply as many as 1000000 doses of the treatment in the 4th quarter of this year now the u. S. Government previously made an agreement with the drug maker for the early supply of the medication on the news lately stock was up as much as 4 percent throughout the day. And following the news that pfizer bio and texaco but 1000 vaccine candidate showe